Arteva Homes of Bloomfield Hills designed a customized Detroit Red Wings’ “man cave” for 14-year-old Isaac, who was diagnosed with leukemia last year.

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“He was a typical teenage boy,” Brian Szliter, Arteva chief operating officer said of working with Isaac. “He wanted a big TV and a gaming system.”

The room was built first at Isaac’s home and later recreated at Arteva’s La Positano model home on display for the event. It features a flat-screen TV, gaming chairs complete with speakers, a Red Wings paint scheme and authentic, autographed Red Wings artwork.

Szliter said Isaac had to sleep in his family’s living room while the transformation was taking place. Isaac was speechless as he took off his blindfold for the big reveal.

“He was blown away,” Szliter said. “He was ecstatic. He gets a lot of use out of it.”

That type of project was the first of its kind for Arteva, Szliter said.

The two-week event is expected to donate $30,000 each to Rainbow Connection and Habitat for Humanity Oakland County, according to Mike Stoskopf, CEO of the West Bloomfield-based Home Builders Association of Southeastern Michigan.

“It’s a gorgeous setting,” he said. “This is a style of living you won’t find everywhere. The streams, lakes, forest and open space all combine for a rural atmosphere that make Oakland Township unique.”

Dominic J. Moceri, head of finance and development for Moceri, said the company has developed 20 communities in Oakland Township.

“Our passion is this community,” he said. “It has unique topographic and natural features which compliment the features of these custom homes.”

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